In George R.R. Martin’s latest Not A Blog entry, titled “Five Days to GAME OF THRONES dvd and blu-ray,” he gives us a small taste of one of the commentaries he voiced on the upcoming season one DVD and Blu-ray:
And George calls his own banners:
So go ye forth and grab a set or three, and let’s see if we can surprise and delight and astonish HBO and the industry with the number of DVDS sold on day one!
UPDATE by HmR: Westeros.org conducted an interview with the designer and producer company of the box set edition, Herzog and Company. As we speak, the Blu-ray/DVD of Game of Thrones tops the charts on Amazon, and there are still some days before it gets officially released. It could well be George’s wish comes true!
Fire And Blood: Five days! Well, four days now! (Plus shipping, I imagine, though I intend on grabbing one of the Blu-rays at one of the local stores as well. Christmas is coming early to der FaBenhausen!) I can’t wait to root out these freaking Dragon Eggs.
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first ! yeah
RomanQuote Reply
In Europe we have to wait a few days longer :-(
But we have acces to the limited targaryen edition, so yeaa.
ow yeah, first…
-edit- you beat me Roman
kindly manQuote Reply
Third!
AshQuote Reply
I would have bought 1 or two extra boxes as Xmas presents, but because of HBO it will be just the one box for myself…all to myself!!
And yay, exactly one month to go till I get to watch the first ep of s2! (one day later than in the US yes…but without feeling guilty so soon after buying the S1 box set ;)
Tar KidhoQuote Reply
La la la la laaa la laaa laalalalalalalalallalalalalalalala
excited.
Restore The DayQuote Reply
kindly man,
Europe (UK) date is actually one day earlier. Hoping Amazon.co.uk sends my copy soon! :)
Hear Me RoarQuote Reply
I was delighted to see a mass house banners hanging from the roof of my local DVD store here in Australia. Very exciting, I’m going to ask if they can accidently lose me a Targaryen one, because there are no Seaworth banners. I checked.
DavosFTW!Quote Reply
I have to wait till the 18th of april, but then I am getting the Targaryen one.
HBQuote Reply
I bought a blu-ray and a dvd version. They were super cheap from best buy, so it will make a good birthday present for my sister here soon.
JamboQuote Reply
I live in the UK and my set has just now arrived. It’s due out on Monday, but has arrived early :D As did each of my brothers’ sets. So, a whopping £108.97 (about $174) has been sent on the Game of Thrones Blu-Ray sets in my household. I hope they enjoy all that money haha :P
Michael HarperQuote Reply
Michael Harper,
Where did you order yours?
Hear Me RoarQuote Reply
Hear Me Roar,
I ordered mine from Play.com, and my brothers each ordered theirs from Amazon and HMV. I just actually realised what I wrote a minute ago – my brothers’ sets haven’t actually arrived yet. I had meant to say that, as with my brothers sets it all came to £108.97 haha. Only the Play.com set has arrived though. I suspect their sets will be tomorrow or Monday (release day).
Michael HarperQuote Reply
Michael Harper,
Gah! I order mine from Amazon and when I checked my account last night it said they will be dispatched on the 5th and I will get them around the 8th or something. :(
I was really hoping they would send them out a few days early as they often do.
RamahQuote Reply
I’ve been waiting for the price to drop in Europe, but yesterday I couldn’t wait any longer so I ordered it from Amazon.co.uk.
Johan SporreQuote Reply
Ramah,
Me too. Well, it could still happen today, or at least tomorrow.
Hear Me RoarQuote Reply
Johan Sporre,
HaHa. Temptation gets the better of all of us.
Hear Me Roar,
Has your Amazon set dispatched yet?
Michael HarperQuote Reply
Apparently some (I’m looking at you Qthulhu) that ordered from the HBO UK-shop got their deliveries yesterday.
Johan SporreQuote Reply
Ramah,
That’s pretty damn annoying. I used to always order from Amazon, but they started messing about with my orders. Haven’t ordered from them since. I tend to stick with HMV or Play.com – with the former you usually get your product days early.
Michael HarperQuote Reply
I don’t know how it happened but for some reason I just got my Blu-Ray copy in the mail. For some reason the company I pre-ordered from shipped out my order early so I guess I’m going to spend quite a few hours this weekend in front of my tv :-)
The Northern BearQuote Reply
The Northern Bear,
Yeah I got mine too. It dispatched Wednesday morning, so I weren’t expecting it until tomorrow, or at most the actual release day. But hey, it came. Happy days!
Michael HarperQuote Reply
OT: 16 minute behind the scenes tonight!!!! Has this been mentioned anywhere?
http://tv.broadwayworld.com/article/HBO-to-Air-Behind-the-Scenes-GAME-OF-THRONES-Season-2-Feature-32-20120301
AegonerQuote Reply
Hear Me Roar,
Netherlands has a realase date for 18-04-2012. Dunno if amazon sends to the netherlands.
kindly manQuote Reply
oh, i don´t think that a call to arms is necessary…
on amazon.com it is on no.1 and on amzon.uk on no.2 in the charts – that is very good for something that hasn´t been released yet. :)
my blu-ray discs should arrive next week, so there is enough time to watch them before season 2 starts. :)
WilkinQuote Reply
kindly man,
looks like they do – order from amzon.co.uk and punch your data in, if you have an amazon account – if not, it´s quite easy to set up. i buy from .com, , .de and co.uk on a regular basis (with the same account, works like a charm). :)
WilkinQuote Reply
Aegoner,
So i guess Winter was wrong because it looks like they are going to release it after all .
Claudiu GherganuQuote Reply
Aegoner,
Hope that this is definitely still happening.
Michael HarperQuote Reply
I ordered 10 sets
Ted furthmanQuote Reply
kindly man,
Yup, Amazon.co.uk sends to NL, for free on orders of 25 sterling or more. Amazon.de has free delivery to NL, always.
Hear Me RoarQuote Reply
Lol, biggest surprise here is that George isn’t selling some waterlogged limited deluxe edition of Tuf Voyaging he found in his backyard on his blog.
KnurkQuote Reply
http://www.amazon.com/best-sellers-movies-TV-DVD-Blu-ray/zgbs/movies-tv/ref=pd_dp_ts_mov_1
Blu-ray version is #1
johnQuote Reply
I just checked the HBO schedule and it isn’t on there. I think the linked article is going off of old information (i.e. our original post).
Winter Is ComingQuote Reply
Winter Is Coming,
Is there a chance that it’ll still be online? Perhaps it’s just not airing on the television anymore. We might get it on Making Game of Thrones, and on YouTube.
Michael HarperQuote Reply
Looking forward to getting my dvd- I ordered off amazon.co.uk, hope it arrives soon!
I’m hoping the auditions find their way to youtube, so those of us without blu ray players can watch!
ShinyteapotQuote Reply
My set is pre-ordered from Amazon, they just have to get it out to me!
purplejillyQuote Reply
Haven’t got round to buying a Blu Ray Player yet so will just have to sit and look at the Box Set when it arrives :-(
MormegilQuote Reply
Slightly offtopic question, but as I’m considering getting a BluRay drive just for this, are there video quality differences between the BluRay and the DVD versions?
Daniel MoitzQuote Reply
Apparently the 16min special is still being broadcast …according to HBO CANADA it’s being shown up here on Mar.23 ….
http://www.hbocanada.com/m/details/?id=53642
Coltaine777Quote Reply
Daniel Moitz,
Night and day my friend. Though you need to have an HD-monitor of course. Just downoad the sd version sample en de the 1080-version sample online and you can see the difference yourself.
KnurkQuote Reply
Well they have to show something at least . It’s been a week since the second trailer and I think they are doing videos every week until the premiere right ?
Claudiu GherganuQuote Reply
Daniel Moitz,
Oh yes, blu ray will be higher quality for certain. It’s HD instead of standard def. So, if you’re used to watching HBO on the HD broadcast on an HD TV, the DVD will be noticeably worse quality. However, if you just have a standard definition TV DVD vs Blu-RAY doesn’t matter much.
userjQuote Reply
Coltaine777,
I was just about to say that HBO Canada is actually useful but then I read a post several above yours that says the video will air this evening on HBO.
Joshua TaylorQuote Reply
http://www.themovienetwork.ca/shows/GP053642:Game-Of-Thrones-Echoes-Of-The-Past
Ya its definately on the schedule in canada.
jQuote Reply
BroadwayWorld.com isn’t the most up-to-date entertainment news site on the web. Like Winter said, they’re probably going off of old information.
As for the “calling of the banners”, the series is SO buzzy that I don’t think George has anything to worry about. To all of the people who got their sets already, I am GREEN with envy over here. I just want my Blu-ray, Amazon, is that so much to ask?
KatieQuote Reply
Seriously considering canceling my Amazon order and just running out the morning of the release to pick up a copy at Best Buy or Futureshop. Amazon.ca isn’t delivering until the 8th, and is 20 dollars more than the in-store cost. Amazon.com wouldn’t guarantee a delivery before the 16th for me (even with the express delivery), so no thank you to that.
OhDanyBoyQuote Reply
The dvd version doesn’t have some of the extra features like the Blu-ray does I believe.
LeslieuhhQuote Reply
Going to get a Blu-ray
problem i have no blu-ray player
anyone live near me i can come over and watch it at there house?
Nimble DickQuote Reply
BroadwayWorld isn’t newsy at all. Unfortunately, they’re getting people’s hopes up wrongly. I hope that the special video does air in Canada on the 23rd at least, we’d be able to see it soon enough then. But yeah, I really doubt we’ll see anything tonight as originally scheduled.
But I’ll check HBO at 8PM anyway, because GoT is crack and I need it like burning.
Ours is the FuryQuote Reply
I hear ya, usually HBO Canada is slow as molasses broadcasting all the behind scenes and trailer specials…they need to get there act together ….
Coltaine777Quote Reply
I’d love to see GRRM’s screenplay/treatment of the Calling of the Banners.
Noob Takes the BlackQuote Reply
I wish they had left that montage in there
Blueberry2Quote Reply
No need to pre-order. I’ll just cruise over to a store and buy it.
KGQuote Reply
KG,
Yeah, same. I originally preordered it on Amazon (DVD version), but then thought I’d rather just go up to my Walmart Tuesday morning and get it instead of waiting for the UPS to come all day Tuesday, since I have Tues. and Wed. off to watch all of it, and I want to get started as quick as I can.
EddardStarkQuote Reply
Me, too. Gonna take an early lunch Tuesday and cruise over to Best Buy!
EdQuote Reply
Amazon has it for $35 with free shipping. It’s not release day delivery, but whatever. I have seen season one multiple times. I can wait a few extra days for shipping. Besides, Mass Effect 3 drops March 6 as well, so I know there’s no way I’d be watching season one right away anyway.
ChryseeQuote Reply
I would buy it, but I don’t have a blu-ray player. I only know one person (whose house I could go to to watch it) with a blu-ray player, and I think they’ll be buying it themselves anyway…
WastrelQuote Reply
Updated the post with a little something.
Hear Me RoarQuote Reply
This question was probably asked and answered 100 times over the net but I was just wondering if the blu ray box set has more extra footage ( as in the stories told by the characters) then the regular version? Because I really want to see those and I’ll just get both the blu ray player and box set. Lol
DavoskQuote Reply
this is from the amazon website about the Blu-Ray dvd
Special Features
Making of
15 Character profile clips
Creating the Dothraki language
Inside the Night’s Watch
From Book to Screen
Creating the Show Open
7 Audio Commentaries Guide to Westeros
Blu-ray Exclusive Features-
Complete Guide to Westeros
In-Episode Guide
Anatomy of an Episode
Hidden Dragon Eggs
LeslieuhhQuote Reply
The first thing I’m going to do is go straight to the Episode 6 Commentary so I can hear my beloved Harry Lloyd talk :)
purplejillyQuote Reply
Leslieuhh,
Thank you. I’ll have to spend some of my tax return on that bad boy. Well worth it. Best show I’ve seen. I read all 4 books as soon as season one ended and just finished the 5th. Never thought I could get so into a series since I read The Lord of the Rings as a kid.
DavoskQuote Reply
Some good interviews with the cast with Empire Magazine is on their site http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1474
The KingslayerQuote Reply
For those who are planning to just buy it Tues, if there’s a BestBuy near you they have it at the $35 pre-sale price and you can pick it up at the store on Tues. Not sure if it’ll be that cheap if you walk in and buy it.
the goatQuote Reply
Nice find, Kingthlayer!
the goatQuote Reply
Brill interviews, ta very much for linking. :)
DeeQuote Reply
So… the special is still listed on my March HBO print schedule – are we SURE it’s not going to be on??
Everyone should probably tune in at 8 just in case… because right now, it has the GoT special listed (even with a description in the back of the booklet) at 8:00 and the next program doesnt’ start until 8:15!
So… either all their stuff is listed as wrong after that or they will be showing SOMETHING during that 15 minute chunk.
userjQuote Reply
Off-Topic:
Here is a little video from the Blu-ray and DVD Launch Party for season 1 of GoT. Looks like fun! – Oh yeah, and it is maybe not save for work. I would say it is, but it’s possible that your boss is not not on the same page with me there.
AbyssQuote Reply
I just got back from watching Black Butterflies, which came out in New York today. I figured I’d go because of Carice van Houten and Liam Cunningham (Always Support the Top?). And I’m pleased to report that their performances really shone. I can’t exactly recommend this movie unless you are into biographies about artists and love and how difficult they can be. But there’s a lot of truth in it. The film is about the life of a poet during apartheid and the literary scene. It’s interesting to see how important poetry was, I suppose when all you can do is say what you mean, making it as meaningful as possible makes it all the more powerful.
I’ll confine myself to the performances as it relates to Game of Thrones: I think Liam will make a terrifically human Davos, a real crowd-favorite. And Carice will be something else as Melisandre. Multi-layered but still out of reach, human and super-human. I think she’ll be scary, but most of all for the fervor of her belief.
I’m hugely looking forward to them on the show, and if anyone has Black Butterflies on their radar, here’s the New York Times’ very favorable write up.
And if that’s not enough, Black Butterflies has Rutger Hauer as Carice’s father. Someone get him a role on Game of Thrones *cough Blackfish cough*
Oh apparently it’s available on demand, I don’t know where, and edit about to run out of time…
SkipjackQuote Reply
Skipjack,
On that note, I just watched a 2009 film called Harry Brown starring Michael Caine, that has a few GoT’ers in it. Liam Cunningham is particularly good in it. Also stars Iain Glen and David Bradley. It was good.
I don’t recall if anyone estes has suggested this, but I’m throwing Sean Harris’ name into the Reek casting ring. Great performance by him in Harry Brown.
ETA – he was also in Red Riding with Sean Bean, so there’s the Nina Gold connection too.
OhDanyBoyQuote Reply
Don’t know if this been published already:
http://uk.video.yahoo.com/yahoomovies-1266505/interviews-1730500/game-of-thrones-season-1-blu-ray-and-dvd-28489854.html
OlisgoodQuote Reply
OhDanyBoy,
Sean Harris has always been in my top 3 for Reek. Watch the Borgias, he is riveting as the Assassin.
My top Reek choices:
1. Andrew Scott
2. Sean Harris
3. Cillian Murphy
4. Eddie Redmayne
5. Burn Gorman
Joshua TaylorQuote Reply
Maybe with a different browser I’ll manage to post a comment?
Yap it worked.
Anyway, another clip from the DVD Launch Party:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0ipozRoHis
OlisgoodQuote Reply
Olisgood,
I hadn’t seen it yet, thanks! Sophie in my opinion is the most well-spoken of the lot – allways interesting to listen to what she has to say.
Tar KidhoQuote Reply
It seems like every time you press the ‘search’ button Google finds you another great GOT related news.
http://www.uproxx.com/gaming/2012/03/a-game-of-thrones-online-video-game-is-coming/
OlisgoodQuote Reply
I shall ride forth in the name of this quest.Even though I have S1 on HBO Go. *mounts steed*
Vic SageQuote Reply
i can’t get the blu ray for now. My RCA portable wont play the newer blu rays and there are no new firmware updates. I found out when I bought Boardwalk Empire and I’m stuck with it
RemyQuote Reply
Joshua Taylor,
Reek is hardly in the books, it will be a little known actor, as the bastard ( never call him that!) pretends to be him remember. Unless you are on about casting Ramsay Bolton ( always Bolton never snow or he will get you!)
AshQuote Reply
George if you are reading this keep knuckling down with ‘winds’ gimme a shout if I can speed things up for u!!!!!!!!
AshQuote Reply
Ash,
You need to spoiler tag your comments, even if they are wrong. We never meet the real Reek in the book, we only hear about him. Ramsay switches identities with him and then the real Reek is killed (because they think he is Ramsay). We meet Ramsay posing as Reek.
the goatQuote Reply
Ash,
What Goat said….and I stand by my choices. Andrew Scott’s batshit insane Moriarity
on BBC’s Sherlock would be downright terrifying as You know Who. And the actor has great range playing one of Paul Giamatti’s sons in HBO’s John Adams.
Joshua TaylorQuote Reply
Ours is the Fury,
Well that was a bust. I am actually hoping now to embrace the utter hilarity of HBO Canada airing the special before HBO US. It’s just something that HBO Canada would do!
Joshua TaylorQuote Reply
Watching some of those other vids (thanks for the links!) I randomly found this interview with GRRM answering questions from facebook:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbaslypgyWk&feature=related
I assumed it’d be horrible (like that Reddit Q&A recently), but they stayed away from spoilerish questions, and George gives some pretty insightful answers. Nothing about the show, but I’m guessing about 99% of us are book readers, so I figured I’d post it.
Joshua Taylor,
Sean Harris is great, and I’d love to get him on the show, but I think he’s a bit too old.
the goatQuote Reply
hooyah!!!!
gooberQuote Reply
So there was no Echoes of the past after all?
MichaelmannQuote Reply
nico to know ^^
and a pity I won’t buy on day one =/
Thiago SlashQuote Reply
Going to the Game of Thrones exhibition in Toronto @ the TIFF Bell Lightbox, I’m so going to sit that Iron Throne, and maybe a picture with some banners, all I have to say is it is going to be LEGEND wait for it DARY!!!!!!!!!
Matthew JC PraggQuote Reply
The difference is huge. The SD dvd is still very good but the Blu is one of the best transfers I have seen on the format.
Daniel Moitz,
SNKQuote Reply
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